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THET 103 Acting Foundations for Performance

In this course, students explore the nature of performance and the collaborative creative process through exploration of core concepts that form the foundation of the art and craft of acting. Focus is placed on the actor’s inner and outer resources including physical and vocal response, concentration, imagination, and sensory awareness. This course also engages the student in character creation through improvisation, performance, and script analysis.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Eligible to enroll in ENGL 121 and permission of Theatre program coordinator

Corequisite

THET 125

Hours Weekly

3 hours weekly

Course Objectives

  1. Organize and articulate the goals, obstacles, tactics, and expectations of beat change
    analysis at an intermediate level of scene scoring based on the Stanislavsky system, by
    generating innovative solutions to artistic problems through a variety of creative approaches.
  2. Create imaginative and compelling performances, initially through spontaneous and intuitive
    approaches, continuing with experimentation and analysis, and building discipline as the
    projects evolve.
  3. Use spoken and symbolic forms of communication to convey character, subtext, plot, and
    general circumstances with truth and conviction, using a variety of formats and techniques.
  4. Analyze one’s own artistic style and choices based on collaborative feedback, remaining
    flexible to the changing dynamics of the collaborative process, and revise one’s performance
    based on self-evaluation and the diverse voices of partners, peers, and instructor, as well as
    offering constructive and respectful criticism of peer performances and live theater events.
  5. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of theatre and performance in illuminating
    the human condition.
  6. Identify and apply concepts and theories of enduring and contemporary issues of aesthetics
    and creativity, through ensemble trust, emotional commitment, character development,
    physical and mental readiness, imagination, and life observation.
  7. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into performance choices through
    investigation of one’s own sense memory and emotional memory, on an intermediate level,
    as an interior source for character imagery and inspiration as well as incorporating divergent
    or contradictory perspectives or ideas from partners, peers, and instructor.
  8. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative
    expression with social and cultural contexts of selected stage scripts, respecting diverse
    opinions and encouraging the participation of others.

Course Objectives

  1. Organize and articulate the goals, obstacles, tactics, and expectations of beat change
    analysis at an intermediate level of scene scoring based on the Stanislavsky system, by
    generating innovative solutions to artistic problems through a variety of creative approaches.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Completion of beat analysis scoring and script analysis for monologue/scene, Character analysis worksheet

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Oral Communication Rubric

    Oral Communication

    • OC1
  2. Create imaginative and compelling performances, initially through spontaneous and intuitive
    approaches, continuing with experimentation and analysis, and building discipline as the
    projects evolve.

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Oral Communication Rubric

    Oral Communication

    • OC2
  3. Use spoken and symbolic forms of communication to convey character, subtext, plot, and
    general circumstances with truth and conviction, using a variety of formats and techniques.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Improvisational exercises, sense/emotional memory exercises and performance of a monologue/scene

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Oral Communication Rubric

    Oral Communication

    • OC3
  4. Analyze one’s own artistic style and choices based on collaborative feedback, remaining
    flexible to the changing dynamics of the collaborative process, and revise one’s performance
    based on self-evaluation and the diverse voices of partners, peers, and instructor, as well as
    offering constructive and respectful criticism of peer performances and live theater events.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Assessments of final performances, Adjusting performance based on constructive criticism, Written critiques for live theatre event

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Oral Communication Rubric

    Oral Communication

    • OC4
  5. Assess, reflect on, and critically analyze the role of theatre and performance in illuminating
    the human condition.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Written response paper

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

    Creative Process

    • CP4
  6. Identify and apply concepts and theories of enduring and contemporary issues of aesthetics
    and creativity, through ensemble trust, emotional commitment, character development,
    physical and mental readiness, imagination, and life observation.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Class exercises, theater games and performance of monologue/scene

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

    Creative Process

    • CP1
  7. Incorporate innovation, risk-taking, and creativity into performance choices through
    investigation of one’s own sense memory and emotional memory, on an intermediate level,
    as an interior source for character imagery and inspiration as well as incorporating divergent
    or contradictory perspectives or ideas from partners, peers, and instructor.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Audition for student production, Improvisational exercise and performance of monologue/scene

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

    Creative Process

    • CP2
  8. Pose and address questions related to the confluence of creative
    expression with social and cultural contexts of selected stage scripts, respecting diverse
    opinions and encouraging the participation of others.

    Learning Activity Artifact

    • Other (please fill out box below)
    • Writen critique of live stage performance, Scene proposal form

    Procedure for Assessing Student Learning

    • Creative Process and Humanistic Inquiry Rubric

    Creative Process

    • CP3